April 2024

#559  4/27  Ifay Chang      The Role of Senior Political Figures Is Not limited to Winning Offices
 Two phenomena and two facts were observed in the primary elections of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. On the Democratic side, in the state primaries, a growing number of voters chose “uncommitted,” particularly noticeable in Michigan. On the Republican side, despite Trump consistently leading, there are still contenders like young Nikki Haley putting up a strong fight. On March...
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The Role of Senior Political Figures Is Not limited to Winning Offices
 Two phenomena and two facts were observed in the primary elections of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. On the Democratic side, in the state primaries, a growing number of voters chose “uncommitted,” particularly noticeable in Michigan. On the Republican side, despite Trump consistently leading, there are still contenders like young Nikki Haley putting up a strong fight. On March...
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#558  4/20  Ambrose Wang A thousand ounces of gold cannot buy the youth of a poor man:  The story of Guang Da Shiang meat sauce (千金難買少年貧:廣達香肉醬的故事)
 Most young people nowadays have no idea what it feels like to be poor. The following short story may help those born with a silver spoon in their mouths to gain some understanding。 I don’t know when “GDS Meat Sauce” was first introduced, but I remember tasting it for the first time in 1964, the year I taught in Keelung. At that time, this meat sauce, priced at six NT dollars...
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A thousand ounces of gold cannot buy the youth of a poor man:  The story of Guang Da Shiang meat sauce (千金難買少年貧:廣達香肉醬的故事)
 Most young people nowadays have no idea what it feels like to be poor. The following short story may help those born with a silver spoon in their mouths to gain some understanding。 I don’t know when “GDS Meat Sauce” was first introduced, but I remember tasting it for the first time in 1964, the year I taught in Keelung. At that time, this meat sauce, priced at six NT dollars...
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#557   4/13  Dr. Wordman Three Axes of the United States Anti-China Policy – 'Facing Ban's Door Like a Clueless Donkey'
​ It took less than 250 years for the United States to become a great independent country from a colony. Its war of independence was short and smooth owing to good luck, the right timing, and being far from a power struggle, In the early years, most of the immigrants to North America were the Anglo-Saxons, and a small number of immigrants from the European continent. The native Indians of North...
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Three Axes of the United States Anti-China Policy – 'Facing Ban's Door Like a Clueless Donkey'
​ It took less than 250 years for the United States to become a great independent country from a colony. Its war of independence was short and smooth owing to good luck, the right timing, and being far from a power struggle, In the early years, most of the immigrants to North America were the Anglo-Saxons, and a small number of immigrants from the European continent. The native Indians of North...
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#556    4/6  Dr. Wordman Munich Security Conference Needs to Pay Attention to the Wise Men from the East
 The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is the largest conference on international security policy, held in Munich Germany annually since 1963 with a motto: Peace through Dialogue. The MSC has become the most important independent forum for the exchange of views by international security policy decision-makers. Each year it brings together hundreds of senior figures, including heads of state...
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